It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #IMWAYR 10/6/25

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
For readers of all ages

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is a weekly blog hop we host which focuses on sharing what we’re reading. This Kid Lit version of IMWAYR focuses primarily on books marketed for kids and teens, but books for readers of all ages are shared. We love this community and how it offers opportunities to share and recommend books with each other.

The original IMWAYR, with an adult literature focus, was started by Sheila at Book Journeys and is now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. The Kid Lit IMWAYR was co-created by Kellee & Jen at Teach Mentor Texts.

We encourage you to write your own post sharing what you’re reading, link up below, leave a comment, and support other IMWAYR bloggers by visiting and commenting on at least three of the other linked blogs.

Happy reading!

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Asking ‘What If’ About Our Real-Life Experiences” by Kevin Garone, Author of Night of the Living Toilet Paper

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Kellee

• You Only Live Once, David Bravo by Mark Oshiro: David Bravo is not liking middle school so far but then a magical creature shows up telling him that he can go fix a mistake in his past to fix his life–will it be that easy?! Obviously not, and what happens is a humorous and heartfelt look at our lives and how we make the decisions we do. This book, like Mark Oshiro’s other middle grade books, dealt with identity, but this time it was surrounded more by the unknown history of his adoption.
• Love Craves Cardamom by Aashna Auachat: I loved this second book in the Love in Translation series! The first one was great, too–I can’t wait for the third! I can’t tell you my favorite part about the book because it spoils the ending, but I can say that the book deals with more than what a normal rom-com does and looks at love in all forms: self, family, friend, romantic, passions, etc. And the inclusion of history and art in the book just put it over the top for me!

And you can always learn more about any of the books I’ve been reading by checking out my read bookshelf on Goodreads.

Ricki

This is my week off; I will update you next week!

Kellee

I just finished Love Craves Cardamom and the discussion guide I was writing for it, so I am not sure what I am going to read next! I may continue the Trials of Apollo series or I may find something else!

 

Wednesday: What Kellee’s Students Read in September

Sunday: Author Guest Post: “Beyond ‘What’s Wrong?’: How the Stories in Our Classrooms Can Heal Fading Dreams, by Andrei Goanta, Author of The Library of Lost Dreams

Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!

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